OL1 3 house prices are built from 928 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 1 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £57,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +149.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +80.5%.
Median price paid
£57,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+149.1%
Change in real terms
+80.5%
Median per m²
£633
HM Land Registry928 sales258 with floor areaLatest sale 1 May 2026
Section 01
How OL1 3 prices moved
The chart tracks the median OL1 3 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £23,946 | £53,171 |
| 2000s | 10 | £38,500 | £70,136 |
| 2010s | 10 | £58,500 | £82,485 |
| 2020s | 6 | £106,000 | £108,304 |
The highest yearly median on record for OL1 3 is £137,000 in 2025; the lowest is £19,500 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £25,500 to £137,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £56,622, so the real change over the whole record is +147.2% — about +3.06% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +149.1% in cash against +80.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sidney Street | 1 May 2026 | Terraced | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 12 Briscoe Street | 3 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 44 Whitehall Street | 27 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 46 Whitehall Street | 19 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £208,000 | £212,522 |
| 192 Horsedge Street | 30 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £138,000 | £141,000 |
| 3 Argyle Street | 26 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £125,000 | £127,717 |
| 381 Shaw Road | 22 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £132,000 | £134,870 |
| 23 Whitehall Street | 11 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £225,000 | £229,891 |
| 98 Mortimer Street | 18 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £148,000 | £151,217 |
| 158 Egerton Street | 10 Jul 2025 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 145 Edge Lane Road | 4 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| 64 Mortimer Street | 3 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £136,000 | £138,957 |
| 33 Sidney Street | 13 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £86,000 | £87,870 |
| 9 Bridgewater Street | 30 May 2025 | Terraced | £130,000 | £132,826 |
| 9 Charter Street | 22 Apr 2025 | Terraced | £132,500 | £135,380 |
| 22 Rivington Street | 26 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £138,000 | £141,000 |
| 361 Shaw Road | 19 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £158,000 | £161,435 |
| 5 Spencer Street | 7 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £137,935 |
| 3 Spencer Street | 21 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £130,000 | £132,826 |
| 43 Striding Edge Walk | 17 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £100,000 | £105,224 |
| 3 Ammon Wrigley Close | 13 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £100,000 | £105,224 |
| 71 Mortimer Street | 12 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £131,000 | £137,843 |
| 213 Horsedge Street | 9 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| 62 Mortimer Street | 26 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £40,000 | £42,090 |
| 95 Huddersfield Road | 8 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £50,000 | £52,612 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to OL1 3 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sidney Street | £13,000 (1997) | £115,000 (2026) | +7.8% | +5.0% |
| 44 Whitehall Street | £39,999 (2019) | £160,000 (2026) | +21.9% | +17.3% |
| 46 Whitehall Street | £98,000 (2018) | £208,000 (2025) | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| 381 Shaw Road | £75,000 (2017) | £132,000 (2025) | +7.3% | +3.5% |
| 23 Whitehall Street | £53,000 (2003) | £225,000 (2025) | +6.8% | +3.8% |
| 98 Mortimer Street | £22,500 (2004) | £148,000 (2025) | +9.4% | +6.3% |
| 145 Edge Lane Road | £25,500 (1995) | £145,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 64 Mortimer Street | £17,000 (2001) | £136,000 (2025) | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| 43 Striding Edge Walk | £80,000 (2010) | £100,000 (2024) | +1.6% | -1.4% |
| 71 Mortimer Street | £52,200 (2005) | £131,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.0% |
| 213 Horsedge Street | £51,000 (2005) | £110,000 (2024) | +4.1% | +1.2% |
| 21 Gower Street | £55,000 (2005) | £140,000 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. OL1 3 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 661 | 71.2% | £50,500 | £5,000 – £720,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 137 | 14.8% | £73,577 | £6,600 – £230,000 |
| Semi-detached | 119 | 12.8% | £60,000 | £10,500 – £375,000 |
| Detached | 11 | 1.2% | £77,000 | £30,000 – £325,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in OL1 3
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 598 certificates cover OL1 3, and their median floor area is 67 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -11.8%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 67 m² | about 721 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 54 m² | about 581 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 82 m² | about 880 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 32.6% | 195 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 1.5% | 9 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in OL1 3
783 of the sales on record are leasehold and 145 freehold — 84.4% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £55,000 and the median freehold sale £67,000 — a gap of +21.8%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 783 | 84.4% | £55,000 |
| Freehold | 145 | 15.6% | £67,000 |
| New build | 35 | 3.8% | £104,355 |
| Existing home | 893 | 96.2% | £55,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +89.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 266 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How OL1 3 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. OL1 3 sits below that national figure — -63.8%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £633 per square metre, across 258 of the 928 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £5,000 to £720,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in OL1
The wider district is OL1.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in OL1 3?
The median price paid in OL1 3 across every sale on the register is £57,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in OL1 3?
928 sales are on record for OL1 3, the most recent completing on 1 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have OL1 3 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +149.1% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +80.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were OL1 3 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £137,000, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in OL1 3?
£633 per square metre, from the 258 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 1 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “OL1 3 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.